Recent content by adarrell

I actually just realized that I get the best tone from my E string when applying that technique as well. I pull the string down and toward me to get that woody sound of my finger hitting the neck.

Thomas Morgan.... He's a serious bass player. Knows the "role" of being a bass player, always covers his "responsibilities" and also transcends them. He plays with everyone from John Abercrombie to the incredibly wild free **** with Mary Halvorson. He also is big on the minimalism scene with...

He lives near Woodstock new York I believe..try [email protected]

I simply have never been wowed by the athleticism CMB has to pull off the lines does. While it can be interesting for a short time, minutes later I crave a profound musical statement from him, some reference to the song and not the lines I usually here him play. The act that he can play the...

These are all great recommendations. Thanks a lot guys. I have a black bag for my bass so I suppose I will invest in a white wool blanket for these tours. One of them is going from Massachusetts to Georgia so the temp (and humidity more so) will vary. The group is called Sons of Daughters if...

I use a Goetz or Dluggolecki g, oliv d, and spirocore weichs e and a on my bass. I had d and g Dluggolecki's for a while and bought the Goetz g just to try other strings. Turns out that the Goetz are really great and actually about $25 cheaper than the Dluggolecki's. IMO they are two of the best...

I am doing a few tours coming up that involve lots of driving and I want to take my bass but im a little nervous about it being okay through so much traveling. It's a Paesold German bass, fully carved, relatively new. Any tips on caring for the bass through the long rides? It's summer time so it...

I feel that slowing things down is taking a shortcut. Like Darren said, you take so much in by listening over and over again. Making sense of the bass lines in their original context is as close as one can get to understanding what led the player to make that decision. I was transcribing Oscar...

In my opinion it depends on what your sound is or what sound you're going for. I personally do not enjoy fast bass solos at burning tempos. It is athletically pleasing I suppose but as many have posted before, the musicality must be there. Usually, the horns and chordal instruments cover the...

In my opinion it depends on what your sound is or what sound you're going for. I personally do not enjoy bass solos at burning tempos. It is athletically pleasing I suppose but as many have posted before, the musicality must be there. Usually, the horns and chordal instruments cover the many...

Haha I'm not trying to find out whose hands touched it, just who Alban Schmidt is, since his label is on the inside and I've never heard anything about him or the basses he (or his name) has built.

Practicing NEXT to a piano always helps too.You can do the painstaking but very effective, "play a note on the piano then play it on the bass" exercise, doing that through all the scales. Just wrapping your ear around the 12 notes that are "fixed" in western music will help you play any...

I started on electric bass which I'm sure made it easier for me to cross over. Slapping some tape over the ole' fretless could be a similar equivalent.

I went to an elderly woman's house today because she has a 60 year old German bass that's been sitting in her house, not being played. It's in decent condition, needs some restoration, apparently about $1k worth. The label inside is Alban Schmidt? I can't find any information about who this is...